COSM will travel to Dallas, Texas in 2022 for some much needed interaction and networking (and social distancing, of course).
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I wonder what this skyline will look like in a decade
Didn't schedule a condo viewing exactly in this unit, with this southerly view, precisely when the afternoon lighting was perfect on Turtle Creek, juuuuust to sneak a Fall photo out of there, but I sure didn't put in an offer on the place either. Not sure if the leasing agent was suspicious at all... then again it probably wasn't the first time for it either?
Quick little planetary/lunar alignment line-up down the city last night. At only an 85mm field-of-view, these are almost far enough apart to not really be much of anything... but "almost" is still a yes. The field of view thing, though, is also why the moon is so small compared to what i'd normally make - this is 85mm compared to a typical 400-600mm view for a standard moonrise/moonset. That's what it took to fit all 3 in the same vantage window. It's curiously funny though to think about these things from the planets' perspective. If there were conscious beings walking around there surviving, they would have zero awareness that they were somehow in a near-line with another unrelated fellow rock from across the solar system. A scene that's only relevant from the vantage point of its dirty loud-ass problematic upstairs neighbor of a planet. Yet here we are, and (feigned insignificance aside) we've invented computational systems to track and predict positions of our astral neighbors reliably. And even more weirdos who use those predictions and frame the floating aligned space orbs around the context of nearby artificially human-constructed transportation canyons & money-pursuing corporate stalagmites - seemingly solely because that would be a fun evening project.
Flavors of the season, if tasted by air.
Yes, those 5 were going like 35 m's per h and enjoying themselves a leisurely morning commute, apparently.
Mood swing conditions -> mind shift mentality
You can't become a better version of yourself by being mean to yourself.
In the city's absence of rivers, mountains, and canyons, we've chosen to make our own.
Moon came out last night for what felt like mere minutes. Didn't get the photo I was intending, but I picked a general spot where I knew I could keep relocating to reframe its trajectory back into the framework of the city. Happy to get that full moonlight in my retinas at least for a little bit.
Habits of shooting the same photo in Dallas as time goes along - nowadays I look at these as time capsules of how much the city is its own living and breathing creature. What was a parking lot is now a building, old developments are now a giant hole in the ground. Next year it'll be a steel and concrete skeleton, and soon enough this photo spot will be obstructed and diminished... a future visual relic of a short window in the city growing up.
The smoldering embers of a memory the day before it leaves your mind forever.
Love letters to the city, written in orange, gold, and green. Sure the ink will fade tomorrow or the next day, and next year it's face will look different with its new laughter lines and modern aging. But after being piled away in a drawer and forgotten, the stack of the same smile year after year becomes a flipbook into a lingering past, where the eyes hint at old struggles still being carried. Mo
Head out to shoot the liveliest scenes that a day can make, and you may often find moments that question the very nature of reality. I believe it was real because I pulled them off an SD card eventually, and a whole pile of shots and BTS vids are stored on a computer until they're unearthed again, but there's still that essence of disbelief from whether that was a dream or whether it really happened.
Reflection legitimizes.
The view from the (almost) top, and the elevator ride to get there
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Soggy but still colorful
City in stealth mode, like trying to sneak a girl in when the parents are asleep. Moon is the obnoxiously loud dog excited to greet their new best friend. The dog is just happy to meet a human who seemingly also can't figure out doorknobs either and resorts to climbing through windows. (I forget, this must have been bird migration season in July and somehow everyone decided to unplug their LEDs?)
The State Fair keeps heating up after the sun goes down. Visually, anyway. This is last night's sunset, and a photo I usually make when the Fair is in the off-season. Looks so much better this time around with the lights on and scene fully active. And for the eagle-eyed, I hope with the size of the skyline in the back layer that it's obvious I took this photo way, way outside of the Fairgrounds (maybe about 1/2 mi) in full respect of their drone policy. The distance is actually an extra benefit here, letting me use a longer lens to bring downtown closer and larger in with the action.